From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 23 5:41:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74993156A0 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 05:41:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA11480; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:39:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:39:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey To: "Charles A. Peters" Cc: mremski@bsg-ma-pm1.netcom.net, Freebsd-Questions Subject: RE: Rejected email messages due to relaying being denied (error 550) In-Reply-To: <000001beecf0$058597e0$cb730418@charles.domain> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I thought the check stopped at the first match, and that all:all:allow would go last then in the file. On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Charles A. Peters wrote: > In looking at my /etc/hosts.allow file, I find the following line: > > ALL : ALL : allow > > then later in the file: > > sendmail : localhost : allow > sendmail : .nice.guy.example.com : allow > sendmail : .evil.cracker.example.com : deny > sendmail : ALL : allow > > Shouldn't these lines be allowing everything needed for other domains > to be able to check (those with valid accounts on my server) from my > server and send mail to my server. > > Also, how does this file interact with sendmail and the > /etc/mail/relay-domains files. > > Thanks, > > Charles > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mremski@bsg-ma-pm1.netcom.net > > [mailto:mremski@bsg-ma-pm1.netcom.net] > > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 6:13 PM > > To: cpeters2@home.com > > Cc: freebsd-question@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Rejected email messages due to relaying being > > denied (error > > 550) > > > > > > Hi Charles. > > > > Take a look at your /etc/hosts.allow. You probably need > > to add "allow" > > lines for your other hosts. File is heavily commented, so > > have at it. > > > > mike > > -- > > "You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike." > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message